Machine for conveying and distributing button-blanks.



1. DE FRANGISGI. MACHINE FOB GONVEYING AND DISTRIBUTING BUTTON IBLANKS;

' APPLICATION FILED IBB. I2, 1906,

Patented. Jan. 26, 1909.

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71. DB FBANGISGI. MAOHINE r011 commune ANDDISTBIBUTING BUTTON BLANKS.

APPLIUATIOI FILED IEB. 12, 1908.

Ptented Jan. 26, 1909.

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IGlVAZIO DE FRANOISCI, OF NEW YORK, Y.

MACHINE FOR CONVEYING AND DISTRIBUTING BUTTON-BLANKS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 26, 1909.

Application filed February 12, 1908. Serial No. 415,574.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, IGNAZIO DE FRANoIsor, a subject of the King of Italy, and a resident of the city of New York, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have. invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines for Conveying and Distributing Button-Blanks, of which the following is a specification. I

The present invention relates to improvements in an apparatus for delivering buttonblanks or similar articles to special devices,

whereon the blanks are worked upon in any suitable manner for the purpose of making finished buttons therefrom.

V Thenew and useful featuresof the inventi nr-forming he bjec matter Of the P ntapp i ti e, omp i h tpa of a b ton, machine ,-.by means of which the blanks re,;-rc 9 ed .fr0m st ge table 81.101 C0 veyed to and distributed ;on a receiving table, for the purpose hereinabove specified.

Speaking in-general terms, the device consists of an oscillating storage table, delivering the button blanksrtoa beltconveyer, which, inturn conveys thesame to rotatable .members, and which deliver the buttons to a e e vingdi k.-,

Inthe drawings, Figure l shows afront e evatio of t en e nvey ne par tt button machine, Fig. 2 r a top view of I the sam ig-.13 ad t ofc s t n of the receiving disk Fig. 4 a top view of a detail of I the belt conveyer, and its attachment, Fig. 5 a section on line 5, 5 of Fig. 4 andFig. 6 a section on line 6, 6 of Fig. 4. Figs. 7 and 8 are details of construction of one of the distributing disks, and Fig. 9 a detail of construction of the oscillating means of the storage table.

The frame of the apparatus is shown at 1, supported by a standard 2, slidably mounted in the leg 30f the machine. The frame and thus the whole apparatus resting thereon may be raised or lowered relative tothe leg 3, the screws 4, 4 ,holding the frame in the desired position.

The frame 1 comprises a table 5, having arranged thereon standards 6, 6, to each of which are pivotally connected arms 7, 7, supporting a-storage table 8, provided with a glass -bottom 8'. The inner end of the storage table 8 is provided with guides 9, 9, promounted a secondary adjustable guide 9', by means of which the size of the outlet of the table may be varied.

The storage table is oscillated by means of a star wheel 12, mounted on a shaft 13, which is rotated by means of a pulley 14 and a rope or belt 15 from the main shaft 16 of the apparatus. The star wheel 12 is in operative engagement with an adjustable finger 17, attached to the oscillating table, and held in operative engagement with the star wheel by means of a spring 18, connected to the frame and to the oscillating table, respectively.

The button-blanks are placed with their faces to be operated upon upwards on the glass plate 8 of the oscillating table 8. In oscillating this table by the means, hereinbefore described, the buttons will move toward theinner end of the table and will be guided by the guides 9, -9 and a passage 20 onto the belt 10 hereinbefore mentioned. 7 I a The belt conveyer 10 runs over a pulley 21, supported by a bearing 22 and over a second pulley 23, supported by an adjustable bearing 24, which may be adjusted by means of the set screws 25 so as to vary the tension of the belt 10. The outtons,being conducted onto the belt, are by intermediary means brought within the reach of a rotary conveyer. The intermediary guiding means are mounted on abracket 26, attachedto the standards 6, 6 and comprise besides the recessed guiding plate 20, forming a passage between the oscillating table and the belt 10, a rotatable oblique-toothed wheel 27, which forces the blanks under a resiliently suspended guiding bar 28.

As shown in Figs. 4 to 6 of the drawings, the recessed plate 20 is attached to the bracket 26 by means of screws 20, engaging slots 20", for the purpose of allowing of a vertical adjustment of the guiding plate 20, which may become necessary as difierent sizes of buttons are manipulated on the machine. 'The oblique-toothed wheel 27 is mounted on a shaft 27, supported by bearings 29 and 30. The bearing 29 is under the pressure of a spring 31, pressing the obliquetoothed wheel 27 against the buttons, but allowing at the same time of a vertical movement of the shaft in case there should be any obstruction. The bearing 29 is supported by a bracket 32, adjustablymounted upon a support 33, which is attached to the bracket 26, hereinbefore mentioned. In

and furthermore a vertical walle -forma passage, into which the buttons are forced by-the wheel 27,-Whereupon the same are conveyed within the reach of the rotatable I illustrated inthe drawings, each chuck which bear against the angle beam 37'.

order' to allow ofa vertical movement ofjthe U shaped member, the latteris-providedwith a slot iswn a edby a bo1't=or'pin44 attached to the angle beam' 37. l The =button '45 being; new conducted within thereach gotthe re 1 tata'ble del'ivery' member 46, it wilhbe-Ren gagedby the same. This rota-tabledelivery member is mounted on" a v'rtic'al s'haft 16, and comprises preferably l 'foui arr'ns 6L6 arrangedat 'rig'hflangles 'to each other, each of these arms carrying a= finger 47', which is held thereon I y-means of a screw 48. It

illbenoticed that; thus the" diameter of the -de1ivery member-may be -v'ariedfi Grie -of the-fingers of the delivery-"member engages the blank "as soon' as it co'm es within -the path of' travel of the same and moves the blank alongthe passage 49 'until'it reaches the inclined passageway 50, when it will slide down the same and in'to asemi-ci-reular passage --or eonduit '51, coming thus wl tll'in' the path of the otating'memberm; which" consist'sof a disk- 53; providedwith arms 54, carrying receiving shovels 55;" which"1n6ve-' the buttonblanks along" the; semi ci'rcular path "51 and thus' onto the receivingtable 56. The 'rotation of this table is so regulated that the button-blanks, moved by the shovels-'55, d'r'op' one a'fterthe other into the heads- 0f "the chucks 57 wherebythevget'ou t of the rarie otthe shovels and by the rotationof the tablemay bedelivered "to 'other parts of the-machine'fo-r fi'i'rther-=in'anipulation.

I The disk'5-3" is mounted 'on adiskfiigwhich latter disk is keyed tothe main shaft l6, and since the d'isk- 53 is f rovided with slots 59 engagedby s'crew b'olts 60 of the disk58, 'it will be noticed that therelation ofthe shovels to the aXis of *the' 'm'ain shafi'imay beva'ried at 'will.

Th'e disk or table 561s seeured to a rotatap 7 ibl'e shaft 61 receiving itsrota'tionf' by' means 65 61 a-pul'leyez and a drivingbe1t63 from any part w -of the-;;apparatus. I

suitable sonrce of 'ower'. The lower extensions of the chuc s 57, at the same time, are-instrumental in; imparting rotation to the shaft 16, upon which the members 46 and 52- are=-secured. The direct means for this purpose comprises a cam Wheel 64, havingsurf-aces cooperating with the chucks 57 so that, in the form of the machine "causes a rotation of 90 of the shaft 16, and as the radial arms of ther'n'emb'er's 46*and-52 arearranged at right angles to' -e'ach other andthe radial 5 arms of one 'member 'in' relation to thesimi1an arms 'of {the other member are set at45", it-wilhbe s'een that "each" chuck corresponds; 'in turn,"" to L one radial arm on each ofthe rotatable members, and iii-course of'the operation an easy and effective distribution of the button-blanks 'o'nto the' he'ads-of the chucks takes place. Upon the main? shaft-16amfurther arranged two-pulle s 65 a'i1d66. The driving belt "of "the pulley "65 runs over the pulley 14 of-the star-wheel 12 m rota-testh'us' the same. On the shaft 13 -=of the star wheel-is mounted a" secondpulley 67,- the driving "belt of which runs over apull ey Ga -mounted on the shaft -27 "*"of i the oblique-toothed wheel. Thejy-"pulley" 66=is operativelycon- 'nected' to a pulley 1 69 Which is mounted on the shaftof the conveyer pulley-23. i It will be noticed 't'liat th'u's the entire} apparatusis 1? ='=In a "button inachine, the "combination with a-' eonveyer; of -means capable- 0f delivering button blanks thereto, a'horizontal table having a conduit, an inclined passage 'between' -said conveyerand said conduit, a knock off" member adapted-150 feed said blanksfromsaid conveyer'int'o said conduit, a distributer adapted to engage said blanks said conduit; -'and means" adapted to receive said blanks from said distributer.

7 2E abuttonmachinefthe combination with a conveyery'ofmeanscapable of'de'l'ivering button 'blanks thereto, a horizontal table having conduit, a knock-off=member adapted'tdfeed said blanks from said "conveyer into' s'aid conduit; a" 'distributer 1 adapted to "en-gage said blanks orr's'aid table' and' convey the 1 same along Said GOndu-it; and means tributer.

T 35' In a button machine, the-combination with a conveyer, ofmeans capable of delivering button bl'anksthereto, a horizontaltable "having conduit, a rotatable shaft, a knoek- 'ofl" meinber l mounted "thereon and adapted to feed-said tasks; from said conveyer into said conduit; a 'dis-t rib'uter' mounted on said "shaftun a plane parallel to the plane of 'said knockoff-z member and adapted to' engage on said table--' and convey" the same-'along I,

adapted toreceive said blan ksfrom said dis-' driven 'fronithe shaft- 6'1 'of-"the "receiving said blanks on said table and convey the same along said conduit, and means adapted to receive said blanks from said distributer.

4. In a button machine, the combination with a conveyer, of means capable of delivering button blanks thereto, a horizontal table having a conduit, a knock-off member adapted to feed said blanks from said conveyer into said conduit, a distributer adapted to engage said blanks on said table and convey the same along said conduit, means for guiding said blanks on said conveyer, and means adapted to receive said blanks from said distributer.

Signed at New York, in the county of 15 New York and State of New York, this 23rd day of January, A. D. 1908.

IGNAZIO DE FRANCISCI.

Witnesses NUNZIO MANIARI, SIGMUND HERZOG. 

